photo credit: NASA Mining Waste and a Big Dam Problem Last month, the Department of Natural Resources released draft dam permitting for PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mine in Northern Minnesota, and opened… Read more »
Posts By: Matt Doll
Sulfate Standard Change Would Weaken Wild Rice Protection
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This month, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is holding hearings on its proposed changes to the state’s Wild Rice Sulfate Standard, which regulates the level… Read more »
EPA Repeals Clean Power Plan, but Minnesota Moves Forward
photo credit: MPCA By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the beginning of the repeal process for the Clean Power Plan,… Read more »
Mining Waste and a Big Dam Problem
photo credit: NASA By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last month, the Department of Natural Resources released draft dam permitting for PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mine in Northern Minnesota, and opened… Read more »
A Greening, Electric Economy
A Greening, Electric Economy By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In many discussions over the future of energy in Minnesota and around the United States, the debate is often framed as a basic argument… Read more »
Insider: September 29, 2017
A Greening, Electric Economy In many discussions over the future of energy in Minnesota and around the United States, the debate is often framed as a basic argument between protecting the environment and… Read more »
Great Lakes Commission Visits Duluth, Talks Water and Infrastructure Solutions
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Tuesday and Thursday, September 19-20, the city of Duluth hosted the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), an interstate compact dedicated to discussing… Read more »
MEP Welcomes Commerce Testimony on Line 3
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, September 11, the Minnesota Department of Commerce released an analysis arguing that the proposed Enbridge Line 3 replacement pipeline, which would carry Alberta tar… Read more »
Insider: September 22, 2017
Great Lakes Commission Visits Duluth, Talks Water and Infrastructure Solutions On Tuesday and Thursday, September 19-20, the city of Duluth hosted the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), an interstate compact… Read more »
Insider: September 16, 2017
MEP Welcomes Commerce Testimony on Line 3 On Monday, September 11, the Minnesota Department of Commerce released an analysis arguing that the proposed Enbridge Line 3 replacement pipeline, which would carry Alberta… Read more »